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<h2 style="margin-top:40px">MEET BCSB LEADERSHIP</h2>

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<a href="penson.html#penson" alt="Don Penson" title="Don Penson, Chair, Dublin, Ohio">Mr. Don Penson</a> 
is Chair of the Executive Committee and Board Chair for two schools operated by Imagine Schools.  
<a href="schuster.html#schuster" alt="R. Gene Schuster" title="R. Gene Schuster, Worthington, Ohio Area">Mr. Gene Schuster </a>
is BCSB Treasurer and Board Chair of a statewide virtual school operated by Connections Education.  Additional members are:  
<a href="rice.html#rice" alt="Dr. Mary Rice" title="Dr. Mary Rice, Cleveland, Ohio">Dr. Mary Rice</a>
, Chair of Nexus Academy, a blended learning high school in Cleveland; 
<a href="faulkner.html#faulkner" alt="Wendi M. Faulkner" title="Wendi M. Faulkner, Columbus, Ohio">Ms. Wendi Faulkner</a>
, Board Chair of two Mosaica-operated schools in Columbus; 
<a href="stacy.html#stacy" alt="John Stacy" title="John Stacy, Columbus, Ohio Area">Mr. John Stacy</a>
, Executive Director of the Autism Society of Ohio and Board member of two Columbus charter schools; and 
<a href="fankhauser.html#fankhauser" alt="Eric S. Fankhauser" title="Eric S. Fankhauser, Toledo, Ohio"> Mr. Eric Fankhauser</a>
, Board Chair of two Toledo schools operated by White Hat Management.
<a href="hansen.html#hansen" alt="David Hansen" title="David Hansen, Buckeye Charter School Boards, Inc., Senior Advisor">David Hansen</a>
, former President of The Buckeye Institute, is BCSB Strategic Advisor and 
<a href="perz.html#perz" alt="Sally Perz" title="Sally Perz, The Capitol Link, LLC, Buckeye Charter School Boards, Strategy Consultant">Sally Perz</a>
, former legislator credited with bringing charter schools to Ohio, is BCSB Consultant.  
<a href="quicker.html#quicker" alt="Melanie Quicker" title="Melanie Quicker, Buckeye Charter School Boards, Membership Specialist">Melanie Quicker</a>
is BCSB member services specialist.


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   <p>David Hansen works on charter school governance as a senior advisor for Buckeye Charter School Boards and as President of Kilden Education, LLC.  </p>
<p>David is the former Vice President of the National Association of Charter School Authorizers.  In this role he represented the principles of charter autonomy and accountability in policy deliberations in Washington and in over twenty state capitols considering improved or new charter school measures.  This included congressional efforts at ESEA reauthorization and the 2011-2012 wave of state policies expanding charter school authorizing guided by national best practices.  </p>
<p>In Columbus, David is the chair of the new Nexus Academy of Columbus, a ground-breaking flex model blended learning school, and serves on the board of two other traditionally designed charter schools.  </p>
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